CVE-2012-1574

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1574
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-12 10:45:14 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Kerberos/MapReduce security functionality in Apache Hadoop 0.20.203.0 through 0.20.205.0, 0.23.x before 0.23.2, and 1.0.x before 1.0.2, as used in Cloudera CDH CDH3u0 through CDH3u2, Cloudera hadoop-0.20-sbin before 0.20.2+923.197, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary cluster user accounts via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Hadoop 0.20.203.0 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 0.20.204.0 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 0.20.205.0 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 0.23.1 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 1.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 1.0.1 All All All
Application Cloudera Cloudera Cdh cdh3 0 All All
Application Cloudera Cloudera Cdh cdh3 1 All All
Application Cloudera Cloudera Cdh cdh3 2 All All
Application Cloudera Hadoop 0.20-sbin All All All
Application Cloudera Hadoop 0.20.1\+169 All All All
Application Cloudera Hadoop 0.20.2\+923 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: [CVE-2012-1574] Apache Hadoop user impersonation vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
CDH Issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cloudera.com
Cloudera Security Bulletin - Cloudera Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ccp.cloudera.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Apache Hadoop CVE-2012-1574 Unspecified User Impersonation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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